Quarterly Learnings

Robinhood seemed to make everyone mad last week before raising $2.4 billion that weekend. After restricting investors from buying GameStop and AMC stock, it was accused of market manipulation while saying it had enough cash for trading. But did Robinhood lie to the world while it cashed checks in the background? And how many users will leave for other brokerages such as Public?

Presented by: The Quarter-Life Investor (https://quarterlifeinvestor.com/quarterly-learnings-podcast/)

Individuals vs. Hedge Funds - the battle being waged on the GameStop stock chart. Reddit traders from r/wallstreetbets are pitted against establishment fund managers, which created an epic short squeeze driven by FOMO. But how will this all turn out? And how did Elon Musk, Chamath Palihapitiya, and the SEC get involved?

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Jamie Dimon recently said JPMorgan “should be scared sh*tless” by Fintech companies' rapid growth throughout 2020. How are the Big Banks keep pace with companies such as PayPal and Square over the next decade?

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Netflix now has 200 million subscribers and is releasing a movie per week full of A-List talent. But can it take on Disney, HBO, and movie theaters all at the same time?

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Two of the largest cannabis companies in Canada are merging. Will the global pot market end up like the automakers - only a handful of giants to dominate the entire industry?

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Female-centric dating app Bumble is aiming for a Valentine's IPO after seeing a pandemic surge in user growth, usage, and revenue. Can Bumble continue swiping right on growth after going public?

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Nike continues its pivot to go digital and is seeing record profits as the result. Can the global sportswear giant's growth be stopped?

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Apple Fitness+ is live and rivals Peloton and other connected fitness brands. Can this new service unseat Peloton as the most popular stay-at-home fitness brand?

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It's reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook personally killed off an Apple TV+ show centered around Gawker. The now-dead blog outed Cook in 2008 and repeatedly was negative towards Apple. But how much influence should owners and executives have over the content on their streaming platforms?

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Russian intelligence unit Cozy Bear hacked FireEye, SolarWinds, the U.S. Treasury, Homeland Security, and Dept. of Commerce. But how can companies protect their networks against the unlimited resources of hostile nation cyber threats?

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